assurance
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something…The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
» I've been given assurances.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
Zusicherung, Versicherung, Zusage
завере́ниеzaverénije, увере́ниеuverénije
запе́вненняzapévnennja
a statement intended to inspire confidence
(countable, uncountable)The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
Gewissheit, Zuversicht, Zuversichtlichkeit
впе́вненістьvpévnenistʹ, самовпе́вненістьsamovpévnenistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
Zuversicht, Mut, Selbstsicherheit
впе́вненістьvpévnenistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
His assurance is intolerable.
Vermessenheit, Selbstsicherheit, Verwegenheit
самовпе́вненістьsamovpévnenistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
Lebensversicherungsvertrag, Versicherung, Lebensversicherung
гара́нтіяharántija
(countable, uncountable)Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
Übertragungsurkunde, Grundstückskaufvertrag
(countable, uncountable)Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Betrothal; affiance.
Examples
22 sentencesI've been given assurances.
There are no assurances.
Tom could offer no assurances.
deTom konnte keine Zusicherungen geben.
I can give you assurances.
Investors want assurances.
Інвестори бажають гарантій.
ruИнвесторам нужны гарантии.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure +From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
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Forms
plural: assurances| Singular | assurance |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities:self-assuranceconfidenceself-confidenceauthoritysureness
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something:pledge
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable